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Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector

Qmarkets

Yet the company has managed to generate hundreds of new ideas each year since 2014, resulting in millions in cost-saving and improved employee safety. 1,200 ideas have been submitted since September 2014, and we’ve received 7,300 comments and 9,400 total votes. Michiel: So just to share some numbers with you.

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Crowdsourcing with the Competition: Rewarding Venture or Precarious Proposition?

Qmarkets

Why your company needs to think about crowdsourcing with the competition…. Understandably, the increase in competition and market saturation is seen by those who experience it as a direct threat to their organizational legitimacy. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” Sleeping With the Enemy. The Art of a Format War.

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Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector

Qmarkets

Yet the company have managed to implement up to 300 new ideas a year resulting in millions in cost-saving since 2014. A Qmarkets’ customer since 2014, we sat down with Enexis to discuss more about their innovation initiatives, overcoming resistance to change, and what the future of innovation looks like for them.

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Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategy in the Workplace

IdeaScale

assets under management last year, up 33% since 2014, according to the U.S. The relative proportion socially responsible investments made by individuals in Canada, Europe and the United States increased from 13% in 2014 to 26% at the start of 2016, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance’s newly released Investment Review.

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Crowdsourcing with the Competition: Rewarding Venture or Precarious Proposition?

Qmarkets

Why your company needs to think about crowdsourcing with the competition…. Understandably, the increase in competition and market saturation is seen by those who experience it as a direct threat to their organizational legitimacy. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” Sleeping With the Enemy. The Art of a Format War.

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GrowKomp 2.0: Building Innovation Connectivity Across Regional Business Ecosystems

Innovation 360 Group

In 2014, acknowledging the need for stronger collaboration across business ecosystems, Magnus Penker and Claes Johansson developed a new model of collaborative innovation. was greenlighted for 2019 with a mandate to dial up the growth and competitiveness of 15 new companies in a variety of sectors. Ideation is Fun. GrowKomp 2.0

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Ideate or Deteriorate – Why Companies Must Learn How To Be Innovative to Achieve Major Growth

Qmarkets

In 2014 Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion, and it is now on target to hit one billion active users by the end of 2015. The platform which eventually capitalised on our need for instant communication, was Whatsapp.